在浙江的一个小镇，有个名叫王生的年轻人，他性格内向又谨慎。一次，王生去金华参加考试，但由于天色已晚，没有找到合适的住所，只好继续前行。他来到一座古老的寺庙，尽管院子里蓬蒿丛生，房子脏乱不堪，但王生没有别的地方可去，便决定在这里过夜。
夜幕降临时，王生感到有些寒冷，他坐在院子里纳凉。这时，他听到了一个温柔的声音呼唤他的名字。起初他以为是自己想错了，但声音再次响起，便回应了那声呼唤。在墙角处，一位美丽女子露出了脸孔，她微微一笑，然后消失无踪。王生的心中涌现出一种难以言喻的感觉。
就在这时，一位老和尚静悄悄地走进了殿堂。他眉头紧锁，看起来似乎有着什么危险的事情要发生。王生询问老和尚为何深夜来访，但老和尚并未回答，而是紧紧地打量着他。当王生感到不安时，他决定离开。但就在此刻，那位老和尚开口说话：“你刚遇到了些什么怪事吗？”原来，这位和尚怀疑王生遭遇到了妖魔。
王生的内心充满了迷惑，因为他从不相信妖魔鬼怪之说。而当老和尚提及这些情形后，显得非常坚定。这让王生意识到事情可能比他想象的更为复杂。他详细叙述了一切经过给予信任而严肃的和尚听闻。在听到所有的情况之后，那位经验丰富的僧人面露惊讶，并且告诉了真相：那个出现的人其实是一条美丽蛇，它拥有诱惑人的能力，如果有人答应它的话，那么它会在深夜对其进行攻击。
面对如此荒谬的情景，害怕与困惑交织在一起，将至于极点。那位僧人见状，对于这场突如其来的危机提供了解决方案——一块木盒，上面刻着水纹图案，以及捕捉蛇子的精巧图案。这个木盒据说能治愈美女蛇，让它失去了诱惑人类肉体的情欲力量。此外，还有一种飞蜈蚣，可以吸取蛇类脑髓，从而使它们失去生命力。如果将这个木盒放在枕边上，就能够保护自己免受邪恶生物侵袭。
虽然心里充满疑虑以及恐惧，但是为了自保，也为了解开这个神秘事件、明白其中道理，King finally placed the box under his pillow. As he lay down, the rustling of grass outside made him shudder with fear, but as the golden light flew out from the box and returned, his fears gradually dissipated.
The next day, when the old monk came to retrieve his box, King was eager to learn more about what had happened during that fateful night. The monk revealed that it was indeed a venomous snake who had been disguised as a beautiful woman. With its deadly charm and beauty, it would lure men into their deaths in order to satiate its hunger for human flesh.
As they parted ways after this terrifying encounter with evil forces lurking in disguise and hidden danger lurking within seemingly ordinary appearances, Wang felt grateful for having escaped such a dreadful fate at least once; however many times he might be tested by life's trials will depend on how much courage lies within him.
Thus ends an age-old tale of mystery surrounding enchanting yet treacherous beings known as 'beautiful snakes', whose allure is so powerful that even those who are skeptical may find themselves drawn towards them without realizing their true nature until it's too late - just like how we often fail to recognize our own vulnerabilities while trying to navigate through life's complexities.
